Recycled water & space exploration | Newsmaker
In for John Hook this week, FOX 10's Steve Nielsen discusses the use of recycled water in Scottsdale as the city jumps on board with other cities in the nation reusing the natural resource. He also chats about ASU's role in NASA's Europa Clipper. Our guests are Brian Biesemeyer, the Executive Director for Scottsdale Water and Philip Christensen, a Regents Professor and the Ed and Helen Korrick Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University.
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